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| Topic Started: Dec 27 2013, 08:27 AM (837 Views) | |
| haili | Dec 27 2013, 08:27 AM Post #1 |
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I used Sunlight scent free detergent for ages and now I can't find it in any of the stores. Does anyone know who sells it these days, or has it been discontinued? Is there another scent free brand except for Tide (I'm allergic to Tide)? I used Amway for years until they changed the formula and had to stop using that one. I'm now using baby detergent but have to use a double rinse to cut down the perfume smell. |
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| Trotsky | Feb 24 2014, 01:58 AM Post #46 |
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We even USE dryer sheets in the far-away laundry and they are stored in a closet. But Bob is under strict orders that before they come back into the house they MUST be wrapped in a knotted plastic shopping bag. The scent on clothes doesn't bother me if only a half sheet is used for a large wash. I can no linger bear to cut the sheets anymore and that operation cannot be done in the apartment. Seems these scent difficulties came on gradually after I aged. I used to be able to splash cologne on liberally but no more. Oh geez, remember the years when they were trying to conserve gasoline and state governments mandated 10% of that god-awfull ether addition to gas in Winter. During the cold months I lad to stay a block away from the gas station and DREADED getting my tank filled. INSTANT headache every time. You know what is devoping? I am beginning to not be able to bear the smell of Windex anymore...that is becoming invonvenient. I may have to switch to ammonia or something else...and don't say vinegar, beginning to hate that too. I really should have used my nose as my career...wine tasting, or food preparation perhaps. My sense of smell is otherworldly (like the blind woman on EPISODES.) Edited by Trotsky, Feb 24 2014, 01:27 PM.
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| FuzzyO | Feb 24 2014, 02:04 AM Post #47 |
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Ammonia is not a good idea!! |
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| Darcie | Feb 24 2014, 02:38 AM Post #48 |
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OMG I don't remember, I read about 3 of them and they all were very similar. Recognized me really fast. I did intend to go and do more research later today, I will bookmark. |
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| Olive Oil | Feb 24 2014, 05:34 AM Post #49 |
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I was complaining a about a lingering odour around the basement litter box (2 cats) and my daughter gave me 2 dryer sheets which she said should be hung above the boxes. They never made it that far. I brought them home in a bag and immediately my eyes were tearing and I got a headache. What's with all the fabric fresheners in the stores? Huge amounts of shelf space are full of them. I do understand they could be useful to freshen but shouldn't most things be washed? I'm afraid hotels may be spraying the bedspreads instead of changing them. |
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| Trotsky | Feb 24 2014, 05:58 AM Post #50 |
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Good thing you didn't kill the cats, Olive. |
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| Dana | Feb 24 2014, 06:14 AM Post #51 |
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I read a tip that said to use baking soda the kitty litter. I'm another one who is sensitive to many scented products and even some plants - evening scented stocks for one and rose oil for another product. Life was pure hell when I had an OCD neighbour who had the washer and dryer going 12 hrs every day! No exaggeration. That was what made me scrounge around for glass and plastic to enclose my patio as the dryer vent is next to it and the scents would come in the back door. I love plain fresh air and leave the door open to it in summer and so that the dog can come and go out into the yard as he pleases. I hate going to places where there are lots of people in an enclosed area due to all the scents they carry and have had to leave some events early due to that. Even if they are not wearing perfume all the other chemicals we wear are overwhelming. Outdoors at the Canada Day parade I will stay at the outskirts of the crowd and I can still smell the various laundry products, perfumes, deodorants, sunscreen, aftershave and tobacco smoke. I too am glad that more people are becoming aware how those things can bother others and am grateful when they choose scentless products to use, especially on a migraine day which makes exposure more painful. I used to love using perfume and other scented products as well as candles but alas, no more. Edited by Dana, Feb 24 2014, 06:14 AM.
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| blizzard | Feb 24 2014, 06:54 AM Post #52 |
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My D has a dreadful reaction to Windex, usually comes down with a migraine. If I have the windows open I can sometimes use it for cleaning my glass dining table and the bathroom mirror but only because she is busy doing things outside for me. Then we leave the house. I do try to stick to vinegar with soap and warm water for nearly everything else. I expect she had this reaction in some form when she was a child just not as violently. Her first migraine that I recall wound up with her being rushed to the hospital - seems it might have coincided with puberty. To my knowledge my other three girls are fine with most cleaners and scents. However, one of my SIL's is sensitive to scents, also cats, so he deals with things by lots of handwashing - he also does most of the housework. |
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| Deleted User | Feb 24 2014, 08:20 AM Post #53 |
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I have to avoid the soap and cleaner aisles in grocery stores or wear a respirator because otherwise I pass out. For some reason, many supermarkets put pet food on one side of whatever aisle has laundry detergent! So I have to allow the cans of food to air out in the garage before I can bring them into the house. |
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| angora | Feb 25 2014, 03:44 AM Post #54 |
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I have never had cat litter odour and I have had up to 4 cats - that means 4 litters. I have no idea why that is - I don't do anything special. Just a couple of weeks ago a real estate assessor came to the house and was surprised to find that we have cats. He said he seldom entered a house with cats where he couldn't detect any odour. This house was built in 1886 and if I believed in ghosts I would think it was haunted. Sometimes there is a distinctly unpleasant odour at the bottom of the front staircase connecting the downstairs hall to the upstairs hall. It usually occurs at stormy times. (who knows) |
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